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Institution:
IGD, University of Lausanne
Module: DTM
ECTS: 5
Time:
20 February Mondays & Wednesdays 10:00-12:00 – from the week of 21 Feb to the week of 4 April (last course on Wed 6 April); One-day excursion on Thursday 7 April.
Lecturer:
René Véron
Content: Les villes représentent des hybrides socio-écologiques, des « secondes natures » transformées par des technologies et le métabolisme urbain. Ce cours introduit aux processus biophysiques ainsi qu’aux technologies d’approvisionnement en ressources dans le contexte des villes du Sud. L’accent est mis sur les dimensions politico-économiques, sur les processus, structures et acteurs qui influencent la reproduction des inégalités et des vulnérabilités de différents groupes sociaux par rapport à leur accès à des biens et maux environnementaux. Cette problématique est discutée à travers différentes ressources naturelles en ville (les terrains, les espaces verts, l’eau, l’assainissement, etc.) et différentes « externalités » environnementales (déchets solides ménagers et pollution de l’air). Elle est abordée dans la perspective théorique de la « urban political ecology » qui regarde la ville comme une « seconde nature » créée par les rapports dialectiques entre la société et l’environnement biophysique. Comme fil rouge servent les résultats d’un projet FNS sur la gouvernance environnementale des petites et moyennes villes en Inde autour des parcs, des étangs et de la gestion des déchets.
Place: Lausanne (UNIL / Geopolis / Room to be confirmed)
Contact: René Véron (rene.veron@unil.ch)
Registration: To register for the course (as an external student), please contact Marie-Christelle Pierlot marie-christelle.pierlot@unil.ch or +41216923513
Institution:
IGD, University of Lausanne
Module: DTM
ECTS: 5
Time:
Lecturer:
Christian Kull
Content: This course/seminar focuses on theoretical and empirical debates related to reciprocal effects between environmental management practices and lives and livelihoods of “marginal” populations (from rural areas, from developing countries or among minorities). It will draw on classical and current research in sustainable livelihoods, in “political ecology”, in development studies and other related disciplines.
Place: Lausanne (UNIL / Geopolis / Room to be confirmed)
Contact: Christian Kull (christian.kull@unil.ch)
Registration: To register for the course (as an external student), please contact Marie-Christelle Pierlot marie-christelle.pierlot@unil.ch or +41216923513
Institution:
IGD, University of Lausanne
Module: DTM
ECTS: 4
Time:
Lecturer:
to be confirmed
Content: Ce séminaire approfondit les théories et approches du développement introduites dans le cours du même titre offerte en automne précédent à travers des questionnements et débats et cas actuels. Les thématiques abordées peuvent inclure des sujets divers comme la mondialisation, la pauvreté, des enjeux des grands projets agricoles ou minières, la micro-finance, la technologie, la gouvernance, les droits humains, l’aide au développement, etc. Ces thématiques sont principalement développées et débattu par les participants du séminaire.
Place: Lausanne (UNIL / Geopolis / Room to be confirmed)
Contact: Christian Kull (christian.kull@unil.ch)
Registration: To register for the course (as an external student), please contact Marie-Christelle Pierlot marie-christelle.pierlot@unil.ch or +41216923513
Institution:
swisspeace, University of Basel
Module: DTM
ECTS: 3
Time:
21 February Tuesdays 10:00-12:00
Lecturer:
Dana Landau
Content: This course introduces students to three of the main avenues by which actors in pursuit of peace have attempted to end wars: through negotiation, mediation, and intervention. It covers the main theoretical and empirical debates on how wars can be brought to a peaceful end by international, regional, local, and non-governmental actors. Students are encouraged to critically engage with the scholarship, reflecting on the strengths and weaknesses of the different conceptual, methodological, and data collection efforts covered. Finally, students will relate the insights gained from both qualitative and quantitative studies of war and peace to a case of their choice (contemporary or historical) in a written case analysis submitted at the end of the semester.
Institution:
Swiss TPH, University of Basel
Module: DTM
ECTS: 2
Time:
21 February Tuesdays 16:15-18:00
Lecturer:
Prof. Jakob Zinsstag, Dr. Henri Yéré, Prof. Bassirou Bonfoh, Dr. Monica Berger Gonzalez, Dr. Kristina Pelikan, Dr. Rea Tschopp, Dr. Thomas Fries, Dr. Kathrin Heitz-Tokpa, Prof. Sonja Merten, Prof. Guojing Yang, Anais Galli, Said Abukhattab, Fabian Käser
Content:
• History of Global health research during the colonial and post-colonial period (Henri Yéré)
• Western and non-Western paradigms and epistemics at the example of Maya medicine. (Monica Berger Gonzalez, Jakob Zinsstag, )
• Research partnership: The 11 KFPE principles (Bassirou Bonfoh, Jakob Zinsstag)
• Internal and external project communication in a multilingual context (Kristina Pelikan)
• Introduction to Transdisciplinary, participatory approaches in research partnership (Jakob Zinsstag)
• Diversity, Equity and Gender in research partnership (Sonja Merten, Anais Galli)
• Conflict sensitive research (Said Abukhattab, Rea Tschopp)
• Spirituality and Health (M. Fries, Jakob Zinsstag) • Specifics of working in West- and Central Africa; East and Southern Africa, South East Asia, Latin America are given by a native of the region and another expert.
Aim:
The course introduces students into the fundamental knowledge and skills of international, multicultural and multilingual research partnership. It is aimed at students who plan to work in international research partnership but have no field experience yet. The course is also suitable for students who have first international research experience and would like to prepare for longer term engagement. Finally the course will also address issues about returning.
Institution:
swisspeace, University of Basel
Module: DTM
ECTS: 3
Lecturer:
Julian Arevalo
Time:
22 February Tuesdays 16:15-17:45
Content: Efforts to put an end to civil wars by negotiated means are highly unsuccessful with about only a quarter of them achieving an agreement, and half of those agreements having failed to be implemented. These figures pose a major challenge for researchers and practitioners interested in supporting peace making and peace building efforts in different contexts across the world.
The complexity of this situation is now increased due to global trends that question the pillars of what has been understood as peace negotiations.
By combining theoretical elements and international experiences, this course aims to develop in the students a conceptual framework for analyzing peace negotiations, in particular at the light of the trends in the field.
Institution:
Swiss TPH, University of Basel
Module: DTM
ECTS: 2
Time:
22 February Wednesdays 16:15-18:00
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Jakob Zinsstag
Teaching concept:
Blended learning, combining 2 week open online course (workload 3 hours per week) and 8 face-to-face lectures, discussions, role plays, problem based peer learning and student presentations. A seminar paper of 10 pages will be prepared individually and will be presented at the end of the lecture. A mark will be given for the oral (50%) and for the written paper (50%).
Content:
• Theoretical foundations of “One health” (Jakob Zinsstag)
• One health study design, integrated research planning and budgeting (Jakob Zinsstag)
• Towards a game theory of One Health (Alvar Bucher)
• Calculation of R0 in mutlihost transmission models (Nakul Chitnis)
• Parameter optimization in R (Jan Hattendorf)
• Integrated disease surveillance-response systems (Yahya Osman)
• The Palestinian One Health Initiative (Said Abukhattab)
• Ecology of the animal-human interface (Rea Tschopp)
• One Health, microbiomes and nutrition (Pascale Vonaesch)
• Dynamics, economics, environmental impact of livestock production systems in relation to of cross-species disease transmission (The students will work through a practical example of an animal-human transmission model and a cross-sector economic and environmental impact analysis). For 2023 the following topics are proposed.
Towards sustainable livestock production in Mongolia in relation to carbon balance and disease control.
Institution:
swisspeace, University of Basel
Module: DTM
ECTS: 5
Time:
24 February Fridays 12.30-14.00
Lecturer:
Laurent Goetschel, Christa Tobler, Rolf Weder
Content: Dieses Forschungskolloquium richtet sich an Masterstudierende, die während des Semesters eine Masterarbeit mit Schwerpunkt im Bereich “Globalisierung” bzw. “Europäische Integration” verfassen. Es richtet sich speziell an die Studierenden im MA in European Global Studies. Es ist aber auch offen für Studierende, welche im Studiengang Politikwissenschaften eine Masterarbeit schreiben. Auf Antrag können auch entsprechende Studierende aus den Rechtswissenschaften zugelassen werden.
Das Forschungskolloquium begleitet und unterstützt die Studierenden in ihrem Bestreben, eine wissenschaftliche Arbeit zu einem Thema im Bereich der Globalisierung bzw. der regionalen Integration (z.B. der europäischen Integration) zu verfassen. Damit die Studierenden eine gewisse Tiefe erreichen, erwarten wir einen disziplinären Schwerpunkt entweder im Bereich der Politikwissenschaften oder der Rechtswissenschaften oder der Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Weitere Disziplinen (die anderen zwei oder zusätzliche Disziplinen) sollen komplementär einbezogen werden.
Wir empfehlen zudem, dass bei allen Studierenden mindestens eine Betreuerin bzw. ein Betreuer der Masterarbeit eine der für dieses Forschungskolloquium mitverantwortliche Person ist (Prof. Tobler, Goetschel oder Weder). Dies ist aber keine Bedingung für die Zulassung. Wir empfehlen dies, weil wir so eine bessere Betreuung übernehmen können.
Die Erfahrung zeigt, dass Studierende unterschiedlich weit sind in der Erarbeitung der Masterarbeiten. Deshalb unterscheiden wir NEU (ab FS 2023) zwischen zwei Gruppen von Studierenden. Gruppe I weiss bereits zu Beginn des Semesters, welches Thema bzw. welche Fragestellung sie behandeln wird, welche Disziplinen involviert sein sollen und welche Betreuenden vorgesehen sind. Die Anmeldung zur Masterarbeit erfolgt unmittelbar. Gruppe II ist daran, ein Thema zu finden und hat das Ziel, bis Ende Semester das zu erarbeiten, was Gruppe I zu Beginn des Semesters schon weiss. Von Studierenden in Gruppe I wird deshalb erwartet, dass sie während des Semesters einen wesentlichen Teil der Masterarbeit verfassen und am Schluss (erste) Ergebnisse präsentieren. Von Studierenden der Gruppe II wird erwartet, dass sie während des Semesters die Fragestellung, die involvierten Disziplinen und ein Forschungsdesign erarbeiten und am Schluss ein Research Proposal (inkl. Struktur bzw. Disposition der Masterarbeit) präsentieren. Das Kolloquium begleitet Gruppe I also im Erarbeiten bzw. Schreiben der Masterarbeit, während es die Gruppe II in der Erarbeitung eines erfolgversprechenden Konzeptes unterstützt. Die Masterarbeit und die Anmeldung zur Masterarbeit erfolgt für die zweite Gruppe typischerweise im folgenden Semester.
Institution:
swisspeace, University of Basel
Module: DTM
ECTS: 3
Time:
24 February Fridays 14:15-17:45
Lecturer:
Nick Miszak and Farooq Yousaf
Content: In recent history, wars guided by external policies and interests, both regional and global, have been fought in Afghanistan and sustainable (positive) peace remains an elusive dream for the country. Most recently, the US-led coalition’s presence in Afghanistan (2001-2021) failed in establishing peace, starting with the hasty post-9/11 military invasion of the country, the non-inclusive Bonn ‘peace’ agreement of 2001, the Doha ‘peace’ process (2018-2021), and the hasty withdrawal in 2021. The Afghan Taliban, however, consolidated their position in many rural parts of the country over the years by exploiting political problems to their advantage while propagating extreme and rigid religious narratives to gain wider public support. With Afghanistan, we now have a “liberal peacebuilding project” that has not only failed, but after two decades of efforts, the country has in some ways reverted to the pre-2001 status-quo The Afghanistan case study thus presents ample lessons for peace practitioners in “how not to approach peacebuilding”.
• How and why did a major western coalition fail in achieving its desired objectives for Afghanistan?
• What internal factors contributed to the failure of the liberal peacebuilding project in Afghanistan?
• What were positive (if any) and negative outcomes of the liberal peacebuilding project in Afghanistan?
• What lessons can policy maker and peace practitioners learn from the coalition’s failure in Afghanistan?
• How can the international community contribute to sustainable peace in Afghanistan under a totalitarian Taliban regime?
Institution:
IGD, University of Lausanne
Module: DTM
ECTS: 1.5
Time:
Lecturer:
to be confirmed
Content: This two-three day interactive seminar seeks to build on the knowledge of both participants and facilitators to identify the value of Political Ecology approach, to survey recent developments, and to apply the approach to a concrete case in order to contribute to its evolution. The focus of the edition of this block (to be announced).
Place: Lausanne (UNIL / Geopolis / Room to be confirmed)
Contact: Christian Kull (christian.kull@unil.ch)
Registration:
Institution:
CDE, University of Bern
Module: CPM
ECTS: 3
Time:
Lecturer:
Sarah-Lan Mathez
Content: Writing articles for peer-reviewed journals is a must for researchers, as this is the prime means of communicating exciting new results to the scientific community; moreover, an academic career is often evaluated on the basis of the number of peer-reviewed articles one has been able to publish in journals (if possible journals with high impact factors). It is therefore worth learning the rules of writing such articles at an early stage. This webinar is designed to introduce researchers to the rules and context of writing scientific articles and to provide researchers with opportunities to advance and improve their own writing. Four modules will lead participants through the essential rules, tools, and context of scientific writing, and provide time for questions and answers. Students will also have an opportunity to practice their skills in individual exercises, work on their scientific texts, and act as peers in group assignments. In addition, individual coaching sessions will be offered in March and April 2023. Topics will include understanding who one’s audience is, choosing an appropriate journal, working on key messages, structuring an article (IMRAD), doing the different parts of an article efficiently, writing concisely and precisely, using paragraph structure and other language tricks, how to refer to relevant literature, doing tables and figures, and submitting an article and suggesting reviewers.
Eligibility requirements: Max. 10 participants. Full members of the IGS North-South will be given priority. But international associate members are also encouraged to participate in this course.
Completion of assignments is compulsory to pass the course. Students may miss no more than one webinar. Please consider that participating students need approx. 1 day for preparatory work between the sessions.
It is important that you have good internet access during the sessions. A headset is recommended to participate in the webinars.
Learning objectives:
Participants have structured knowledge of, and the necessary skills for, planning scientific articles and writing them effectively; in particular, they know how to:
Place: online
Contact: Sarah-Lan Mathez (sarah-lan.mathez@unibe.ch)
Registration: Please register by e-Mail (igsnorthsouth.cde@unibe.ch) by Tuesday 21 February 2023 at the latest. If you do not have a Swiss Campus Account, please inform us by 14 February 2022 so that we can apply for a temporary University account for you.
Institution:
swisspeace, University of Basel
Module: DTM
ECTS: 1
Time:
6 March Mondays every two weeks 16.15 – 17.45
Lecturer:
Metka Herzog and Dana Landau
Content:
Institution:
Swiss TPH, University of Basel
Module: DTM
ECTS: 3
Time:
14 March Tuesdays 18.00 – 20.00 (Kolloquiumstermine: 14., 21., 28. März, 4., 11. April, 2. Mai 2023 Kolloquiumstag: 21. April 2023, 09.15 bis ca. 16.00 Uhr)
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Reinhold Bernhardt, Prof. Dr. Jakob Zinsstag, Dr. Andrea Kaiser-Grolimund
Content: In diesem interdisziplinären Kolloquium soll die Diskussion um ein transhumanistisches Wirklichkeitsverständnis aufgenommen werden. Es geht dabei um die Forderung, die über Jahrhunderte in Theorie und Praxis leitende Vorstellung einer Herrschaft des Menschen über die Natur durch eine ganzheitliche Sicht zu ersetzen, die Mensch, Tier und Umwelt als integrale Teile von vernetzen Systemen versteht. Konkretisiert wird diese Leitvorstellung am Konzept „One Health“, das für eine Zusammenführung der Human- mit der Veterinärmedizin plädiert. Dieses, massgeblich von Jakob Zinsstag und seinem Team entwickelte Konzept werden wir im Kolloquium vorgestellt bekommen und diskutieren. Die ersten und die letzten beiden Sitzungen stellen es in einen weiteren theologischen, philosophischen und ethnologischen und nach Möglichkeit auch interkulturellen Rahmen: Zu Beginn wird eine Einführung in die Diskussion um „Transhumanismus“ gegeben und aus ethnologischer Sicht durch Andrea Kaiser-Grolimund für einen „ontological turn“ plädiert. Am Ende fragen wir nach der Bedeutung dieses Paradigmenwechsels für das Verständnis des Menschen und ziehen ethische Konsequenzen daraus: Wie kann eine integrierte Ethik aussehen, die den Menschen in das Netzwerk der Natur einbindet? Dazu identifizierten wir wichtige gesellschaftliche Themen (Mensch-Tier Verhältnis, Nahrungsmittelsicherheit), die aus einer transhumanistischen Perspektive ethisch neu bewertet werden sollten.
Institution:
GIUZ, University of Zurich
Module: DTM
ECTS: 1
Time:
25 April Julie MacLeavy (lecture 30.5.; workshop 31.5.); Paul Chatterton (tbd); Sarah Smith (tbd)
Lecturer:
Content: We invite an internationally renowned scholar for a public talk, a one-day workshop and for individual talks with PhD students. ZHGK_Flyer_FS23
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